Improvement in clothes-pounders



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

THOMAS H. B. MOREHOUSE, OF LANSING, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLOTHES-POUNDERS.-

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 221,849, dated November18, 1879; application filed September 9, 17879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS H. B. MORE- HoUsE, of Lansing, in the Stateof Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inVash-Pounders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and ex- T act description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters tof reference marked thereon,making a part of this specification.

. The nature of my invention consists in the construction andarrangement of a` washpounder, as will be hereinafter more fully setforth.

In the annexed drawings, Figure l isa central vertical section of mywash-pounder. Fi g. 2 is a bottom view of the same. Fig. 3 is a bottomview of the plunger.

A represents a cylinder of any suitable dimensions, to the lower end ofwhich is attached the part B, in the form of an inverted pan. Thisinverted pan has cross-divisions O C, making, as it were, four distinctand separate chambers.

a, a are openings, communicating from th interior of the cylinder to thedifferent chambers `of the pan.

D represents a plunger working in the cylinder A. This plunger isprovided with valves b b, as shown, and has a rod or handle, F,extending upward through a cap, E,'fastened on the upper end ofcylinder.

A spiral spring, I, surrounds the rod F within the cylinder and connectsthe cap and plunger. e is an air-ventin the side of cylinder A.

The spring I holds the plunger in an elevated position in the cylinder.

At the upward stroke of the wash-pounder the air enters at c, and passesthrough the valves b below the plunger. .At the downward stroke, whenthe part B strikes the clothes, the plunger moves downward in thecylinder and forces the air through the openings ainto and through theclothes, and also forcing the water through the same.

I am aware that a spring-plunger arranged Within a wash-pounder is notnew., and I do not claim such, broadly, as my invention.

My pounder is divided i nto a series of distinct and separate chambers,each having an air-passage into the cylinder in which the plungeroperates. This is of importance, as, if the pounder should strike theclothes with any one side only, the air from thatparticularchamber Willhave no chance to escape, but will act in the manner designed,whiclrwould not be the case if the pounder were not so divided.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the cylinder A, the inverted pan B, divided into aseries of distinct and separate chambers, each having an airpassage, a,into the cylinder, Jthe plunger D, having valves b, rod F, spring I, capE, and vent c, all constructed substantially as and for the purposesherein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this7th day of August, 1879.

" THOMAS H. B. MOREHOUSE.

Witnesses:

H. AUBREY TOULMIN, T. S..'HoLMEs.

